Legal Counsel

WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON

• Contracts & Commercial: Draft, review, and negotiate various types of contracts (service, white-label, licensing, partnership, customer agreements). Support commercial teams with contract structuring and risk assessment.
• Fintech & Regulatory: Ensure regulatory compliance for fintech products and services; identify, assess, and mitigate legal and regulatory risks; conduct legal research and provide advisory support on fintech regulation and market trends (EU / UK).
• Cyprus Law Advisory: Advise on Cyprus law, including corporate, labor & employment, and commercial matters, Advise on and support the application of the Cyprus IP Box regime, Maintain legal documentation, records, and internal legal processes.
• Data Protection & Privacy: Monitor and ensure compliance with GDPR, Cyprus Law 125(I)/2018, and relevant EU guidance (including EDPB guidelines), Develop, implement, and maintain data protection policies, procedures, and internal controls, Advise the company on GDPR obligations, including privacy-by-design and privacy-by-default principles, Ensure lawful bases for personal data processing are properly identified, documented, and maintained, Support internal stakeholders on data protection matters related to products, partnerships, and operations.

• 2+ years of experience as a lawyer, preferably in a fintech or IT company.
• Strong knowledge of Cyprus law, including contract & commercial law, labor and employment law.
• Practical experience with the Cyprus IP Box regime.
• Strong practical knowledge of GDPR and Cyprus data protection legislation.
• Experience interacting with EU supervisory authorities (preferably the Cyprus Data Protection Authority).
• Familiarity with international fintech and financial services regulations (EU, UK).
• Excellent contract drafting, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Detail-oriented, proactive, and collaborative mindset.
• Fluent in English; russian /Greek is a strong plus.

WHAT WE OFFER

• An opportunity to make something great even greater, you can be the reason why we grow, develop, and become the best fintech company on the market!
• Career prospects - we are young, we have huge ambitions, and it is important that our employees grow with us 
• Work with coworkers who are passionate about their business
• Compensation that will fully correspond to the competence and knowledge, with yearly performance reviews
• The opportunity to attend conferences, courses, and professional development at the company's expense - we favor the continuous development of our employees
• Vacation time; bank holidays; Sick leaves; Additional birthday day off
• Remote type of work.

You can find out more about our team, our values, and the unique ways we celebrate our successes here: https://fyst.com/culture